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Smitty
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 Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:55 pm |
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I have several hundred photos that I've burned to a CD and wish to share
with family members.
They all are .mpg and are in 2 folders. All created in Win 7.
Will this CD work on an Apple computer?
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jaylach
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:00 pm |
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Are you sure that they are .mpg and not .jpg? .mpg is a video file format. Anyway, the possible issue is not the file format but the CD/DVD format. I think some but not all Macs can read the Joliet File System which I believe is the default Windows burning format. You should burn the CD/DVD using the ISO 9660 File System. If you don't have a third party program that will burn ISO 9660 find one at the following link called Microburner. It is old but reliable. It is also a stand-alone single file program that does not need to be installed. http://jaylach.com/downloadsOnce running go to File then Advanced and uncheck 'Joliet File System'. Another option, if available, would be to just upload the images to cloud storage and let them download.
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jaylach
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:50 am |
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Hey, the best option may be to put the photos on a flash drive formatted as FAT32. exFAT would be more efficient but older Windows systems (pre XP SP3) and Macs (pre 10.6.5 'Snow Leopard') are not able to read exFAT.
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jaylach
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:22 am |
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Please let us know if anything suggested has worked out... 
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Smitty
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:37 am |
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Well, so far, I've found a friend with a 12 year old Apple lap top and my disc worked fine in it.
If the disc fails with others, I think I'll go with the flash drive way.
Thanks.
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jaylach
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 2:08 pm |
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12 year old Apple? My guess then is that you are already burning in an ISO 9660 format as that old of an Apple should not be able to read a Joliet format. Although there IS free software available to allow an Apple that cannot read Joliet by default to be able to do so.
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Smitty
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:15 am |
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Decided against discs and sent out flash drives. Reported to work just fine with
the Apple users. Cheap 5 pack of PNYs from BestBuy did the job>
Thanks....
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